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But when you pay your taxes and 2 major cities declare bankruptcy, makes you wonder maybe they need watching if your tax money is going to waste.  Then your bins dont get picked up on time and lampposts arent being fixed and the libraries close. A mate of mine showed me where the beautiful Victorian-era library is boarded up in one of  the Manchester area councils because they cant afford to run it. Its really sad. There are lots of hands in the biscuit tin.

As I said, although there is obviously always a worry of local government corruption, fundamentally this isn't really the case with the current wave of council bankruptcies which are primarily caused by the sigificant reduction of the central government grant (40% in real terms from 2010 to 2020), a major component of council funding. Most councils are already at essential services only level (many libraries are long gone) and have used up their entire financial reserves, with continued financial pressures (and an inability to leverage extra revenue) meaning that dozens more councils across the country, controlled by parties of all colours, are on the verge of issuing a Section 114. Ultimately, there's not really any money to waste.

Still wondering about the BBC Radio Reporters appearing on BBC Regional tv. Is that a thing or not?

They will sometimes appear. As is typical of the BBC these days, most reporters are multi-media to some extent.